The United States has more casinos than any other country on the planet. There are nearly 300 gambling properties in Las Vegas alone. World Casino News covers the changing casino landscape across the country by highlighting changes in gambling law & legislation, announcing casino proposals, providing project updates as they occur, and reporting on casinos that have been sold or slated for closure along with every other important happening.
While Tribal Gaming has its own section in the news you will find coverage in this section for all 28 states that have compacts with the tribes as well. Las Vegas and Atlantic City get a lot of coverage here but we also keep you informed about casinos in the heartland and along the Gulf Coast. We followed the upstate New York casinos closely from the siting process to grand openings and will continue to provide financial updates as well as breaking news when the next round of licensing gets underway. You'll read it here first when New York City welcomes their first full-scale, non-lottery casino.
On Thursday of last week, the Spokane Tribe of Indians released new information on a casino that is planned for the Airway Heights area of Washington. The tribe provided information as well as visuals to indivi...
A construction company based out of Gulfport, Mississippi by the name of Roy Anderson Corp., has been awarded the contract to build a 1,000-plus space parking garage for the Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort.
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Wild Rose Casinos decided to take a calculated risk when it put down $40 million to develop its Wild Rose Jefferson casino in rural Iowa. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission had released to market studies bac...
The Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union had put pressure on five casinos in Atlantic City to provide better benefits to its union members and had been successful with reaching mutual agreement with four out of the...
In California, a plan from the federally-recognized Wilton Rancheria tribe to build a $400 million casino resort on 35.9 acres of land in Sacramento County has attracted some anonymous opposition.
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Across the United States, legislators are taking a look at daily fantasy sports betting. While some states are ruling the activity as an illegal one, others are putting regulations in place to be able to take a...
Greenetrack Bingo & Racing, a gambling facility located within the state of Alabama, has been fighting for years to be able to offer bingo gambling games. After finally seeing headway back in June, the faci...
Las Vegas-based Station Casinos LLC’s desire to enter the Reno market is finally coming to fruition as the company that turned 40 this year announced on Thursday that it would be building a casino across from t...
After previously receiving local approvals, the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino Sioux City is soon set to embark on a $6.5 million expansion project after its plan received final consent from the Iowa Racing And Gam...
Infighting and a better offer have caused the Moulin Rouge to be open yet again for development. Two days ago, Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez stopped the sale of the Moulin Rouge property of Las...
A Connecticut property developer is one of the people in the running to operate a casino at the shuttered Revel Atlantic City so long as current owner Glenn Straub can first secure a temporary certificate of oc...
The Tohono O'odham Nation’s hopes of turning their Class II Desert Diamond Casino Resort in the West Valley in Glendale, Arizona into a full-scale gaming operation may have hit a major roadblock after documents...
For some time now, casino operators in Las Vegas have been trying to figure out a way to make gambling more appealing to millennials. Traditional slot games and even table games are not as popular today as the...
A plan to build a new one-mile harness racing track and casino in western Pennsylvania is seemingly dead after the state’s seven-member regulator voted unanimously to deny a gaming license application made by E...
MGM Resorts International’s plan to take full control of the Borgata Hotel Casino And Spa in New Jersey has taken a massive step forward after its proposal received the required approval of the eastern state’s ...